Thora Patricia Whitehead (27 January 1936 – 30 September 2021) was an Australian scientific collector and malacologist.
With Kevin Lamprell, Whitehead co-wrote the two-volume Bivalves of Australia.
[1] She also edited Lamprell's book, Spondylus: Spiny oyster shells of the world, in 1986.
She found specimens in mangrove forests and on beaches, rocky outcrops and coral reefs.
[3] In the process of photographing the specimens prior to acquisition of Whitehead's extensive shell collection by the Queensland Museum, its curator John Healy discovered a new species.